http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/02/17/help-us-out-with-a-little-poll-from-verizon/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/02/17/help-us-out-with-a-little-poll-from-verizon/comment-page-1/#comment-405576 powerball Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:45:52 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=20808#comment-405576 I will prefer T-mobile. I will prefer T-mobile.

]]> http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/02/17/help-us-out-with-a-little-poll-from-verizon/comment-page-1/#comment-394610 powerball Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:45:52 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=20808#comment-394610 I will prefer T-mobile. I will prefer T-mobile.

]]> http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/02/17/help-us-out-with-a-little-poll-from-verizon/comment-page-1/#comment-394605 Geo Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:25:40 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=20808#comment-394605 PS What if gazillions of your readers all answer "other" because WE ARE NOT IN THE USA? Maybe you might want to re-phrase your invitiation, and extend it only to US readers. PS What if gazillions of your readers all answer “other” because WE ARE NOT IN THE USA? Maybe you might want to re-phrase your invitiation, and extend it only to US readers.

]]> http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/02/17/help-us-out-with-a-little-poll-from-verizon/comment-page-1/#comment-394604 Geo Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:23:34 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=20808#comment-394604 "... you don't currently patron"? <br>WTF? <br>Since when was "patron" a verb? It is a NOUN. The verb is "patronise" (or if you really insist and are a merkin, "patronize"). <br>PLEASE, PLEASE correct this before we start to see it all over the interweb tubes. “… you don't currently patron”?
WTF?
Since when was “patron” a verb? It is a NOUN. The verb is “patronise” (or if you really insist and are a merkin, “patronize”).
PLEASE, PLEASE correct this before we start to see it all over the interweb tubes.

]]> http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/02/17/help-us-out-with-a-little-poll-from-verizon/comment-page-1/#comment-394593 hunter Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:06:15 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=20808#comment-394593 If this is simply a test of the functionality of a "widget" that's one thing, but if this is actually supposed to gauge a certain demographic's preferences in wireless carriers then I must fault the poll designer's sloppy methodology. By putting the name "Verizon" in the headline and then indicating in the paragraph below that the poll is being conducted "for Verizon," the poll designer has jeopardized the validity of the results. If this is simply a test of the functionality of a “widget” that's one thing, but if this is actually supposed to gauge a certain demographic's preferences in wireless carriers then I must fault the poll designer's sloppy methodology. By putting the name “Verizon” in the headline and then indicating in the paragraph below that the poll is being conducted “for Verizon,” the poll designer has jeopardized the validity of the results.

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